From: Johannes Schindelin Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 01:39:40 GMT Subject: Re: .gitk should created hidden in windows Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <49C82377.40101@users.sourceforge.net> Hi, On Tue, 24 Mar 2009, Pat Thoyts wrote: > Paul Mackerras wrote: > > Please try this patch and let me know if it does what you want. > > > [snip] > > This patch works fine on my Vista installation. The .gitk file is now > hidden. > > An alternative that was discussed was to move it rather than hide it so > that it ends up in the Application Data folder along with settings for > other applications. The following patch does this but hits rather more > lines of code and ends up needing to check the original location as > well. While I see your point, keep in mind that this patch would make Git for Windows even more incompatible with Git "In The Rest Of The World"... Ciao, Dscho